Gryphon Gold dealt major blow
Vancouver – Reserve and resource miscalculations in a recently completed feasibility study for Gryphon Gold’s (GGN-…
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Aquila targets Upper Peninsula
Menominee Cty., Mich. — In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan it’s not hard to imagine you are in northern Ontario. The scenery is much like the north shore of the big lakes, and the little details fit,…
Silvercorp flouts convention at Ying
Henan Province, China — The Ying silver-lead-zinc mine in central China is already generating enough cash flow to pay for exploration to upgrade known resources, outline more resources at depth and f…
‘Conflict diamonds’ getting through loopholes
Commentary — The following was presented by De Beers chairman Nicky Oppenheimer earlier this year at the World Diamond Congress in Tel Aviv, Israel. De Beers, of course, is a…
Stillwater takes 11% interest in Pacific North West Capital (November 27, 2006)
Vancouver — Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T, PAWEF-O) has landed a new major shareholder following Stillwater Mining’s (SWC-N) $2-million investment in the junior.
Wallbridge milling tests work (November 27, 2006)
Test work on a 175-kg sample from the Broken Hammer copper deposit near Sudbury, Ont., has shown good recoveries to gravity and bulk flotation concentrates, says owner Wallbridge Mining (WM-T, WLBMF-O…
Hudson delivers more Greenland diamonds
Vancouver — With another batch of diamonds from its Greenland drilling program, Hudson Resources (HUD-V, HUDRF-O) has once again upped the size of the largest stone found in the region to 0.122 carat…
People (November 27, 2006)
Alcoa — Joseph Lucot appointed VP and corporate controller.
Some bits about diamond drilling
Diamond core bits are generally made with drilling solid rock in mind. Rock may be broken, hard, abrasive, etc., but will usually make its way up into the core tube en route to the geologist’s core ta…
Starfield advances Ferguson Lake (November 27, 2006)
Vancouver — In wrapping up its 2006 drilling program at the Ferguson Lake copper-nickel-platinum group metals project located 240 km west of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Starfield Resources (SRU-V, SRFDF-O…
Freeport to swallow Phelps
If shareholders give the go-ahead, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) proposed takeover of Phelps Dodge (PD-N) will create the world’s largest publicly traded copper company and the largest …
Tribute’s Arrow holes hit mark (November 27, 2006)
Analytical results from two drill holes by Tribute Minerals (TBM-V, TBMIF-O) at the Garnet Lake property in northwestern Ontario have shown zinc and minor copper mineralization.